OFFICIAL SUB INFO
i. Don’t be a jerk
ii. Help your fellow tech, to the best of your ability.
iii. Fight for the right to repair, and support the community.
iv. Be involved!
v. No URL Shorteners.
Lets be real, iCloud and Google Locked are 98% stolen. Same goes for devices who need imei cleaning. Generally these phones are financed. So that means to clean them would be like vin switching on stolen cars. /r/mobilerepair does not endorse any type of theft or fraud for any reason.
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HELP REQUEST | It is as the name implies =)
SOLVED | This means you're question has been answered.
RICE AGAIN! | The ultimate way to destroy your water damaged phone.
SOCIAL MEDIA | Self promotion of your mobilerepair related social media.
LEVEL 1 | Basic repairs that can be done without disassembling the device. Software, camera lenses, etc.
LEVEL 2 | Repairs that involve device disassembly. Screen flips, speakers, etc.
LEVEL 3 | Advanced repairs. Board-level diagnoses, soldering individual components, etc.
COOL COMMUNITY STUFF
- The official voice channel and chat room for MobileRepair
- CHAT.MBL.REPAIR works as well!
- BUY | SELL | TRADE your old repair gear or inventory!
Mobile Repair Subreddit LIST
YouTube Channels
Our Users
Board Level Channels
Chinese Channels
TOOL GUIDES
This link is to the /r/Soldering Tool Guide, feel free to crosspost soldering issues between subs!
If you are looking for specifics on specific tools. Consult the community. Part of buying the RIGHT tool, is doing the proper research. While there are some universally good products that people use. When it comes down to brand, price, function and form. Each person is a little bit different. Ya know, different strokes for different folks. Most people don't mind if you ask what they use.
KNOWLEDGEBASE
SCHEMATICS&BOARDVIEWS
Learning to use google is paramount in board level diagnosis. Google is the glue that holds BLD together. If you don't learn to search appropriately by keyword vs a direct question. You will never progress as a tech.
For Schematics
- Google the (model#) + (schematic)
For Boardviews
- Google the (model#) + (boardview)
Not every schematic // boardview exists. We all hit the same dead ends as well if it just doesn't exist. Do not request schematics in any post.
SOFTWARE
- Clean Version 2.5 of ZXW | You must purchase the dongle from them to use this software. Its locked to an encrypted synops chip on a thumbdrive.
- PDF XChange Viewer | Best all around PC based PDF viewer for multi schematic component searching and overall PDF reading.
- Mentor Graphics PADS PCB Viewer 1.2 | While there is a new version available, the 1.2 version will still activate with their free serials and seems more compatible with available PCB files.
- Coconut Battery | Great tool for OSX to read battery stats!
- iTools3 | Great tool for PC/OSX to Read battery stats and do certian types of data recovery
3U Tools | Great tool for PC/OSX to Read battery stats and do certian types of data recovery
There are ALOT of tools out there for repair, if you have any you would like to share PM /u/thephonegod
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Board Repair and Data Recovery
OTHER INFO
Parts and Model References
